NWT on ‘right path’ to reduce Indigenous children in care, says minister

by Sidney Cohen - February 2, 2018

Though the percentage of Indigenous children involved with the Northwest Territories’ child welfare system continues to grow, the Health and Social Services minister believes the government is making progress toward reducing the number of children in care. “We’re on the right path,” Glen Abernethy said Jan. 29 following talks in Ottawa about First Nations, Inuit…